- Danish police have imposed a temporary ban on the Danish division of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club due to violent behavior.
- The ban went into effect immediately, banning club activities such as the use of the clubhouse, meetings, and the wearing of insignia.
- The group’s actions pose a serious threat to national security and public order, said Lasse Borje, Director of Denmark’s National Special Crimes Unit.
Danish police on Wednesday temporarily banned the Danish section of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behaviour.
Lasse Boyer, head of Denmark’s National Special Crimes Unit, which handles the most complex economic, organized and cybercrime crimes, said the temporary ban meant the group’s activities and members’ actions “were not solely concerned with the lives and safety of the public.” This assessment is based on the assessment that the incident poses a serious threat to public order itself.
The measure was effective immediately and members of the group were prohibited from using the clubhouse, holding meetings, or wearing the insignia.
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“Their violence must stop now,” Boje said, adding that the Danish branch of the Bandidos had been involved in at least 10 violent clashes with other criminal groups over the past decade.
Bandidos members wait outside a courthouse in Münster, western Germany, on June 10, 2008. Danish police announced Wednesday that they have imposed an immediate and temporary ban on the Danish branch of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club due to the group’s violent behavior. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, File)
He said they would not cease to exist and become criminals, but “among other things, their ability to recruit would be weakened.”
The Danish government said last month it wanted the court to formally disband the Bandidos. Under the Danish constitution, organizations that promote or incite violence can be dissolved by a court.
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Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said that “freedom of association was not created to protect heinous criminals” and that the Bandidos had committed particularly “brutal acts”.
The Danish chapter of the Bandidos MC was founded in 1993. Three years later, feuds broke out between the Bandidos MC and the rival Hell’s Angels in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, resulting in 11 deaths and nearly 100 injuries.
In recent years, Bandido members have been jailed in Denmark for murder, attempted murder, assault and drug-related offences.
